Distance from Hong Kong to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Sydney, Australia is 7,371 km (4,580 mi · 3,980 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,371 km · 4,580 mi · 3,980 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Sydney
- 147° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Hong Kong
- 323° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 20 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 148 min — the sun rises later in Hong Kong
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:13 UTC / 10:20 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:45 UTC / 07:52 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.